NOBODY WANTED OUR POT–LUCK!

We took what I thought worth taking,

A soup of my own making…

Boiled cabbage and ham

But no thank you Ma’am,

Just me and the wife were taking.

–

Competition was rather strong,

Lasagna and casserole gone…

What little we ate

I’d consolidate

And use for suppers till gone!

–

I had someone’s lemon meringue,

Almost too sweet–no tang–

Along with ice cream

(And lasagna again!),

Enough food for the whole gang!

–

My wife left her pink NORTH  CREEK hat,

I’m rescuing stuff like that…

Everyone knows

Keeping track of clothes

Is anything but old hat!

–

–Jonathan Caswell

 

A SURPLUS OF GOODIES

A SURPLUS OF GOODIES

A surplus of goodies today,

All on the desk in play…

Burritos and soup,

Carrots to boot,

And all made to be “put away”!!!!

–Jonathan Caswell

A CHORUS LINE

A CHORUS LINE

(Post-St. Patrick’s Day)

 

CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE,

Made into a pot of soup…

CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE,

Spuds and carrots, too…

CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE,

Take some BEANO* with a bowlful…

Corned beef and cabbage, waiting for you!

 

–Jonathan Caswell

*BEANO is a product made of enzymes to help reduce dietary gas.

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GENESIS STORIES: JACOB

GENESIS STORIES: JACOB

Jacob was a tricky one,
A Mamma’s boy making it good…
If anybody could humble someone like him
The Lord God Almighty would.
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Jacob became not like Esau,
An uber-man of the field…
Who sold his birthright for a pot of soup
A sibling rivalry to yield.
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If manhood’s defined by children produced
Then Jacob was a real giver…
By two wives and his concubines,
His manhood produced a full quiver!
–
The same became true of Jacob’s twelve sons,
A “motorcycle gang” and more…
They murdered all the men in Shechem to
Their sister’s honor to restore.
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A famine threatened this “gang” family,
The solution by God was bold…
Salvation of Abraham’s bloodline
Was brought by a brother once sold…!

—Jonathan Caswell